Claim · #6735083
Aleyrodidae (family) · pest pressure · Cucumis sativus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cucumber ... Whiteflies”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 148
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aleyrodidae whiteflies (Bemisia, Trialeurodes) are major cucurbit pests on leaves; family-level assignment to cucumber is ecologically sound.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Whiteflies are a standard cucumber pest concern in tropical horticulture; leaf feeding and virus vectoring are well-established.”
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